"Can bamboo rice also be eaten?" Helen also hugged Liu Zhenghan’s waist.
With the serpentine beauty of a tutor not present, Helen’s seductive eyes began to sparkle.
"I’m not sure about the taste, as I haven’t had it. My mother has, though, and she said it tastes pretty good." Liu Zhenghan’s eyes were downcast as he kicked the hard ground with his foot.
"Bamboo doesn’t naturally grow in the Aegean Continent, it was only brought over by overseas merchants a decade or so ago. To my knowledge, bamboo is only grown in small amounts in Divanci City where St. Paul’s Church resides. The Pope of the humans named this plant the ’Jadeite Tree’. It’s seldom grown in the human kingdom...how did you and your mother...come to have such an experience?" Inquired Daisy, the Fairy Dragon curiously.
This question also aroused Gortani’s curiosity.
"It’s a military secret, no comment," Avril coldly said from the side.
Liu Zhenghan, Helen, and Ning Yu looked at each other and smiled. Daisy turned her head away, pouting.
"Damn it! This fire ruined our pandas’ source of bamboo, ended up feeding you all instead. No more, I’m going to beat up that Mage!" Gude rolled his eyes, seemingly grumbling in anger.
"Come on, even if I were to eat flies, I’d still share a wing with you." The Overlord proudly patted the bamboo tube at his waist, letting Gude know it contained the Life Spring.
"Hehe, I knew the boss would say that," General Pan laughed slyly.
"This fire rewarded me with a real castle." Liu Zhenghan pondered and then sighed: "But, how many treasures did this fire burn? Our eight-hundred-year-old Gold-Pointing Mulberry was destroyed by the fire, the melon seedlings were wiped out, the Slat Bananas were ruined, and the bamboo forest is gone. Fortunately, I have the ’Life Spring’, without it, I’d have slit my throat by now."
"A single drop can make a plant grow for fifty years. Thankfully, we still have quite a bit of the ’Life Spring’ left, and we have plenty of different saplings. Isn’t there over a hundred Gold-Pointing Mulberries left on Razor Mountain? No need to worry." Avril pouted.
"With the ’Life Spring’ and ’Spring of Elements’, our Lord has many treasures indeed." The Fairy Dragon Daisy’s eyelid flickered, glancing at the bamboo tube on Avril’s waist.
"A dragon after all, figured out the answer so quickly." Avril snorted, sarcastically complimenting Daisy.
Seeing the situation becoming a bit awkward, Ning Yu turned and walked into the cave, pouring two cups of water from the bamboo tube. One was handed to Liu Zhenghan, and the other to the Fairy Dragon.
The Fairy Dragon’s angry expression softened.
"My ’Spring of Elements’ was squeezed out from the Ents, the Shepherd of the Trees. I’ve always felt kind of guilty about it. Daisy, isn’t the Dragon Clan friendly with the Ents? Help me apologize to the old fellow when you have the time. If I come across any peculiar saplings, I’ll save them for him." Liu Zhenghan sipped on his tea, speaking to Daisy in a relaxed manner.
"Do you always lie to people?" The Fairy Dragon Daisy frowns, a pimple in the middle of her forehead twitching slightly.
"Are you worried about the Soul Contract you and Guoguo share again?" Liu Zhenghan waves at Guoguo, who was flying about in the sky on a parrot.
The Vajra parrot, beating out a rhythm of "idiot ~ idiot ~" in mid-air, gracefully looped around and landed on Liu Zhenghan’s arm.
The Fairy Dragon’s gaze immediately became intense.
Liu Zhenghan teased Guoguo’s face. Guoguo snatched the bamboo tube from his hand, gulping down several mouthfuls of water, before climbing back onto the parrot and flying away amidst a cacophony of gibberish.
"Let me pop that pimple of yours, and I’ll tell you the answer." Liu Zhenghan turned his head grinningly to look at the Fairy Dragon.
"Are you lying to me? Using that damned Soul Contract to make me do things for you? Have you...never intended to help me break the contract?" The Fairy dragon skillfully dodged Liu Zhenghan’s teasing claw, her beautiful eyes locked onto the master of her own master.
"You don’t understand me." Liu Zhenghan looked at Daisy with complicated eyes: "I never give up things that I’ve gotten."
"I am not a thing!" the Fairy Dragon was angered.
This statement amused Liu Zhenghan.
"I am a noble member of the Dragon Clan! Not a thing." Daisy, realizing her little slip-up, hastily corrected herself.
"You’ve crossed me, you tricked me into giving Avril Python Bile, but you’ve also fought alongside me. The battle between Green Pines and Shalba’s clan, why were there no casualties? Apart from the courage of the Green Pines Bimon Militiamen, it was because our weapons were superior! Look at how many human’s weapons were broken! What else? Our vine armor, following your idea, was made out of amber, with ground snail and clam shells powdered and lacquered on top to make it fireproof! Without your suggestions, the Battle of the Steps of Death, the first volley of phosphorus rockets would have been enough for us." Liu Zhenghan patted the Fairy Dragon’s shoulder: "As for your contributions, I’m aware. Think about it, have Guoguo and I ever treated you like a mere pet? Have I not been good to the goblins of Razor Mountain? I’ve said that as long as one recognizes me as their Lord, I will treat everyone equally! Have you seen the spoils of this battle? Who did I assign to clean up the battlefield? Wasn’t it the Goblin Soldiers? I may not trust them fully yet, but have I ever mistreated them?" ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel fire.net